Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Approximately 65 million people are likely to be directly impacted by Hurricane Irene as the storm takes aim at the densely populated Eastern Seaboard. Evacuations are underway for high flood risk areas.
Mass transit cancellations, schedule changes and road/bridge closures are occurring throughout the storm warning areas. Please check with local news and Emergency Management Operations to determine the recommendations for your immediate area.
Mash image to enlarge
Mash image to enlarge
Radar Images & Loops (interactive maps short/long range) Southeast
Northeast (Cape Hatteras to NE)
Satellite Images Still Images/Loops (both Flash & Java)
Buoy Data: Florida
Southeast US
Northeast US
Local News Coverage: WWAY 3 Wilmington NC
WRAL Raleigh NC
WETC Wilmington NC
WAVY Portsmouth VA w/Live Stream coverage link
WTVR Richmond VA
WUSA Washington DC
WBAL Baltimore MD
CBS Local Baltimore
WPVI Philadelphia
WTXF My Fox Philly
WABC NYC
WTNH New Haven CT
WHDH Boston
Rick R. said that the Hudson AND East Rivers are flooding...so far on the Upper East Side I can report that it’s just raining hard with lots of branches on the ground. Nothing too traumatic.
Did you pull an all nighter? Here are some updates re NYC.
twc_hurricane:
RT @JimCantore: Surge and high tide putting a foot of water on the Battery Park boardwalk. #Irene http://t.co/stE91mT [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 8:45
Twitter
twc_hurricane:
RT @NYGovCuomo: North Tube of the Holland Tunnel (NY to NJ direction) is closed due to flooding. Vehicles will be diverted to the Lincol ... [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 8:46
Twitter
TWCDrKnabb:
Total water level ~8 feet at The Battery, near astronomical high tide & center of #Irene coming onshore in NYC. http://ow.ly/6eLwf [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 8:46
Has the Hudson River evered overflowed like this during Noreasters in the past?
All is well, Pen. The Con Ed guy told the Friends that only some parts of the city may lose power so I think I’m safe. I’m near the East River, which is flooded, but so far so good.
breakingweather RT @WTNH Connecticut power outages reach 116,000 for @CTLightPower and @UnitedIllum. #irene #cthurricane
breakingweather RT @weathermatrix Estimated rainfall amounts are now >20 inches in North Carolina, >10 inches in Delaware http://ow.ly/6eJv4
CTyankee, high in the hills of CT.
twc_hurricane:
#Irene JFK winds SE sustained at 39 mph gusting to 53mph http://t.co/2aJcfjN [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 8:50
So glad to hear it. These folks walking around on the boardwalks in NJ are making me a nervous wreck..lol. Don’t they realize that if the piers go, so do they? The things people do during this kind of weather boogles the mind.
According to NOAA 0800, Irene should be at or near JFK right now. Hopefully, the wx. instrumentation @ JFK is very, very good. This suggests further weakening if it is accurate.
I don’t know. Maybe one of the posters here from NY can tell us.
breakingweather With major and near-record flooding forecast for many rivers in the Northeast, #Irene’s legacy may be inland flooding: http://ow.ly/6eK1s
I'm not concerned, because Obama has taken command personally at the National Hurricane Center.
Jonathan Erdman (Meteorologist):
Per NHC....Irene made landfall as a Tropical Storm with 65 mph winds...center now inland.
Sunday August 28, 2011 9:05
twc_hurricane:
Tropical Storm Irene: 9 AM ET, 65 mph winds, 965 mb, moving NNE at 26 mph. http://t.co/dTlOPwM [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 9:02
Twitter
twc_hurricane:
RT @NotifyNYC: Due to flooding conditions, the southbound Henry Hudson Pkwy is closed at W 125th St in MN. Expect extensive traffic delays. [via Twitter]
Sunday August 28, 2011 9:02
Perhaps he can bestow on all of us the special gift he has - that of walking on water.
We were driving yesterday westbound on I-90 from Albany to Utica, and we passed at least 200 utility trucks with lifts, 50 flatbed trucks with backhoes on them, and about 100 plain white vans with logos that matched the utility trucks, going eastbound. This was just within one hour’s time. The electric cavalry, said Mr. RightField.
Yep, that IS bizarre !
Checking in from the New Hampshire seacoast. All we are getting at this point is bands of heavy rain from time to time.
The things people do during this kind of weather boogles the mind.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
I have kind of had it with all this Government ‘hands on’ handling these weather fluctuations.
Great example of why we ‘need’ something of this sort.
Heard a Fire Chief/Spokesman warn people to NOT set up their gasoline generators in the house.
Then (without use the word if you are dumb enough) he cautioned if you should do something that foolish, definitely do NOT light off your grill in the same room.
Something tells me they had just returned from a fire or call with the above ‘problem’.
AND these idiots get the same vote as you and I - probably more if someone takes them to the different voting places...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.